Ashford is a small town located in Houston County, Alabama. The town is located near the city of Dothan in the southeastern part of Alabama, the size of Ashford is about 6 square miles.

Ashford is known for its train depot which was built in 1888 to be a waystation along the Bainbridge-to-Montgomery route. The depot was the only building to survive the 1915 fire that destroyed the rest of the town.